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A subsidiary structure near or adjoining a larger principal building.
1. Wing of a building.
2. Supplementary building designed to provide additional accommodation, such as outbuildings.
3. Addition to a building: if in front, it is an avant-corps, and if behind, an arrière-corps.
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